The Thought-reader Of Angels Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

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Reported By Truthful JamesA
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We hev tumbled ez dustB
Or ez worms of the yearthC
Wot we looked for hez bustB
We are objects of mirthC
They have played us old Pards of the river they hev played us forD
all we was worthC
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Was it euchre or drawE
Cut us off in our bloomF
Was it faro whose lawE
Is uncertain ez doomF
Or an innocent Jack pot that opened was to us ez the jaws of theC
tombF
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It was nary It kemG
With some sharps from the StatesH
Ez folks sez All things kemG
To the fellers ez waitsH
And we'd waited six months for that suthin' had me and Bill Nye inI
such straitsH
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And it kem It was smallJ
It was dream like and weakK
It wore store clothes that's allJ
That we knew so to speakK
But it called itself Billson Thought Reader which ain't half aC
name for its cheekK
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He could read wot you thoughtL
And he knew wot you didM
He could find things untaughtM
No matter whar hidM
And he went to it blindfold and smiling being led by the hand likeN
a kidM
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Then I glanced at Bill NyeO
And I sez without prideM
You'll excuse US We've nighO
On to nothin' to hideM
But if some gent will lend us a twenty we'll hide it whar folksP
shall decideM
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It was Billson's own selfQ
Who forked over the goldM
With a smile Thar's the pelfQ
He remarked I make boldM
To advance it and go twenty better that I'll find it without beingR
toldM
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Then I passed it to NyeO
Who repassed it to meS
And we bandaged each eyeO
Of that Billson ez weS
Softly dropped that coin in his coat pocket ez the hull crowdM
around us could seeS
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That was all He'd one handM
Locked in mine Then he gropedM
We could not understandM
Why that minit Nye slopedM
For we knew we'd the dead thing on Billson even more than weS
dreamed of or hopedM
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For he stood thar in doubtM
With his hand to his headM
Then he turned and lit outM
Through the door where Nye fledM
Draggin' me and the rest of us arter while we larfed till weS
thought we was deadM
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Till he overtook NyeO
And went through him Words failT
For what follers Kin IO
Paint our agonized wailT
Ez he drew from Nye's pocket that twenty wot we sworn was in his ownU
coat tailT
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And it WAS But when foundM
It proved bogus and brassV
And the question goes roundM
How the thing kem to passV
Or if PASSED woz it passed thar by William and I listens andM
echoes AlasV
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For the days when the skillW
Of the keerds was no blindM
When no effort of willW
Could beat four of a kindM
When the thing wot you held in your hand Pard was worth more thanX
the thing in your mindM

Bret Harte



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